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cool

her indignant loud blather scrapes the sun-mottled sidewalk her practised syllables rippling through the shivering locust leaves the hoarse female cigarette voice accusatory rhythmical hard edged slices the hapless rough lout pushing the baby carriage as she pulls the wagon … Continue reading

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distinction

The difference between a spouse and a bridge partner is the time you spend looking at, not into, your partner’s eyes; bridge partnership rules are rigid and the cards are flexible, but in a marriage it’s in the cards that … Continue reading

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Looking at you

My hands have held so much of you: this house and the hammers that have repaired and shaped it, the leather clad wheel that steered our trips, the tissues that dried our eyes at cakes and wakes, the cameras that … Continue reading

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